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TNC Predator | SEA power shuffle

The Southeast Asian Dota two scene has ever turned out a couple of top-level competitions, but this year has demonstrated that Fnatic could be the sole standout.

Among the top 10 teams around the GosuGamer's ranks for Dota two teams, Fnatic ranks sixth internationally after placing sixth at The Chongqing Major. Together with an eighth place finish in The Kuala Lumpur Major in 2018, they maintain the top spot from the SEA area by a good margin.

Their sole competition in the area right now is TNC Predator, a group that's presently going through several roster problems of their own.

Despite sitting in a solid 10th place at the worldwide rankings, Predator appears to be about the downswing after a disappointing 12th place depart from Chongqing. This positioning together with the shifting of other groups in SEA usually means that changes were probably coming into the roster.

After shooting the last part of 2018 and also the beginning of 2019 off as a result of drama surrounding him which led to him being prohibited from attending The Chongqing Major, Carlo'Kuku' Palad returned into Predator's active roster since the team geared up to compete for entry into DreamLeague Season 11.

 

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But with Kuku back along with the group apparently at full power for the first time at the year, they were eliminated on the first day of their SEA qualifiers for another Major. Shortly after case, Predator declared that Michael'ninjaboogie' Ross wouldn't more be with the group.

The prior Mineski participant joined the group in late 2018 after yet another shuffling of all rosters at the area. The early removal from the qualifiers probably pushed plans ahead for attempting to locate a new leadership for your roster.

The Lotac participant isn't a stranger to the top notch of SEA contest, having played Fnatic, Mineski, and TNC until they had been rebranded to TNC Predator.

In this uncertain time for its second-ranked staff in the area, the groups behind them are not only sitting on their hands. The two Mineski and the prior TNC-related group Tigers have made moves in the last month to place themselves in position to compete.

On peak of this list sits Mineski who seems posied to choose that next place in the area. Adding Lai"AhJit" Jay Son near the end of January sparked their group and they played at an extremely large degree from the DreamLeague qualifiers. They were able to take a game from the greatest winners in Fnatic and maintained the next SEA place at another Major.

Even though their first outing for a unit ended in tragedy --together failing to make the closed qualifiers to get DreamLeague--that the possibility is still there.

For another opportunity at creating DreamLeague Season 11, Predator might need to fight through a different set of available qualifiers and also make it in to StarLadder ImbaTV Dota two Minor.